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Arrived on Sunday at 3.15 to be told they were closing even though the garden centre was open for another hour or more. Managed to persuade the rudest man serving to provide a coffee a glass of milk and 2 pieces of cake. 2 more groups arrived shortly after to be told the same and then ignored. The cost was expensive for what we got. Will not be returning!!!…
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I went for lunch today with my husband and parents and can't praise the food and staff enough ! My husband and I had the roast, which was really lovely, hot and the vegetables were cooked beautiful. My Dad had the fish which he said was delicious and my Mum had the scampi which she thoroughly enjoyed, but by far she enjoyed her dessert the most, which was Lemon Meringue pie. A huge slice of deliciousness indeed !
All the staff were very friendly and helpful, we can't praise them enough…
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What a rude man serving, he will run the business into the ground. Food was poor. When I suggested they had seated us in an inconvenient place because I am in a wheelchair and had to disturb a lit of people to get to out table were told it was the only table with enough room for my wheelchair! A helpful business would have moved some chairs or tables and thought about where to seat a wheelchair user, especially as the table was pre-booked. Excuses, and weak ones were made about the table and a…
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haven't been here for a long so decided to go back even after reading some of the reviews.My partner and her aunt entered the cafe while I parked the car,they sat at a table for 4 and was immediately accosted by the "rude man" who asked them to move to a smaller table until they explained I was to join them(I wasn't told about this until we got home if I had known we would have left).A very nice waitress took our order,I ordered steak and kidney pie.What arrived was a soup plate of stewed meat…
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Wish we'd read the previous review before venturing into the cafe. Unfortunately, we encountered the rudest man I've ever met.
We arrived at 12.30 and were surprised to see the cafe virtually empty. We hadn't visited for a couple of years and it was always packed.
We went to sit down and immediately a man approached us. He immediately pounced on our 5 year old son. 'Sit properly' he said, 'you've got muddy boots on'. My son was wearing trainers, which were not muddy. He was adjusting himself…
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Wish we'd read the previous review before venturing into the cafe. Unfortunately, we encountered the rudest man I've ever met.
We arrived at 12.30 and were surprised to see the cafe virtually empty. We hadn't visited for a couple of years and it was always packed.
We went to sit down and immediately a man approached us. He immediately pounced on our 5 year old son. 'Sit properly' he said, 'you've got muddy boots on'. My son was wearing trainers, which were not muddy. He was adjusting himself…
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I went with a friend and two children for tea and cake and I can honestly say I have never had such rude service in my life.
It was 3.10pm when we arrived and we were told in a very abrupt fashion that we could not sit in the café as he was about to vacuum the floor and we would have to go to the settees in the entrance - oh and "we shut at 4PM".
This was not an ideal start as we basically felt that we were a complete inconvenience to him - sitting at a table would have been far easier…
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This was my first visit to the nursery and restaurant. The plants were varied, well cared for and interestingly displayed. We were a party of six and ordered lunch at the restaurant, and every meal was well presented and delicious I found the staff helpful and cheerful, both in the restaurant and in the nursery shop. I shall definitely return…
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Had a dreadful lunch today, Fish pie, it had no sauce in the pie, so the fish was really dry, I did politely complain but all I got was a shrug, not even a sorry, so will not be going there again,except to buy plants…
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This is the first time I have ever left a review. Had a delicious lunch today - steak and all trimmings for hubby and stuffed pepper for myself and we were both really impressed with the food and the service. We will definitely return…
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Visited The Potting Shed at the nursery for Sunday Lunch yesterday. We had the three course Christmas Dinner. Everything on the plate was cooked to perfection and served hot. The desserts we had were delicious, christmas pud and i had the oranges slices in Grand Marnier, finished off with coffee and mince pies. The service was excellent and staff friendly…
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On visiting the cafe with my disabled mum we went in, sat down at one of the table & chairs. We ordered 4 cakes, 2 teas & coffee. We were then asked because we were not having lunch to go & sit in lounge area which has low chairs that my mum had great difficulty sitting in & getting out of, staff member could see she was having problems but made nothing of it. The cakes were huge but tasteless & dry. The whole time we were there none of the tables were full infact there were at least half a…
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Hmmm..have had the misfortune to visit the cafeteria twice this May. Once with my family and the other time with some friends from work. weekday and weekend. It has gone downhill A LOT.It took an hour to get our order. Food was tasteless. The vegetarian 'bolognese' tagliatelli turned out to be a medley of mixed vegetables; mainly hard chunks of carrot, insipid flavour. Not italian. Mushroom Tagliatelli ,glutinous, creamy but weird tasting. Side orders missing. Side salads looked tired like…
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After visiting the nursery yesterday I thought I must write to state that although we are delighted with the plants we purchased, our experience in The Potting Shed Cafe will be one not ever to be repeated. We called for a snack lunch with my 92 year old mother in a wheelchair.We were rather taken aback by the prices but were even more surprised and dismayed by the tasteless,thin concoction they refered in the menu as Celery soup, when it arrived.(£5.95) It was weak and tepid and had obviously…
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scrupulously-kept nursery in which all plants for sale are well-tended and healthy looking. Whilst many other garden centres show signs of neglecting their stock, we always find ourselves commenting on the healthy look of Penventon's stock. Staff are helpful in the extreme. As a smaller garden centre it does not carry the range of larger establishments but its restaurant is excellent: lovely food, nice surroundings. The plant displays are well maintained, too, with much of the stock above…
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My mother and I thought we'd try the Potting Shed for lunch today. We parked ok but wasn't sure how to get up to the Potting Shed cafe, found it after a bit of walking, my mum is disabled and struggled to get up the steep slope to the cafe from the nurseries. Finally got there and first impressions were good. We were planning on lunch until we saw the prices of things!! We did notice the portions that were coming out were of good size though, if not a little large.

Guest's Comment

Written on: 26/11/2011

Lovely shop and nursery,have been several times but would endorse the poor service and very expensive prices in the cafe.
Such a pity as there's nothing nicer than taking someone there to look around and have afternoon tea!I would never go in again as dearer than the Savoy I suspect!Lower the prices,train the staff to do a better job,keeo the quality of the food and these awful reviews will turn into A*A*A*A*!Never take customers for a ride,be sure they will always find you out and use their feet to put their money elsewhere.

Nice cafe some lovely young staff including a very friendly helpful and attractive young man who served us very efficient. Food was excellent though some food was of large portions and quite expenses…
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